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#6E8ADE

#6e8ade ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6e8ade is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 54.12% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.45% cyan, 37.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 62.92% saturation and 65.1% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2677

Complementary

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #dec26e

Split complementary

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #de8a6e
  3. #c2de6e

Analogous

  1. #6ec2de
  2. #6e8ade
  3. #8a6ede

Triadic

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #de6e8a
  3. #8ade6e

Tetradic

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #c26ede
  3. #dec26e
  4. #8ade6e

Square

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #de6ec2
  3. #dec26e
  4. #6ede8a

Monochromatic

  1. #213d92
  2. #3058d0
  3. #6e8ade
  4. #acbcec
  5. #ebeffa

Shades

#6e8ade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #637cc8
  3. #586eb2
  4. #4d619b
  5. #425385
  6. #37456f
  7. #2c3759
  8. #212943
  9. #161c2c
  10. #0b0e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#6e8ade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #7d96e1
  3. #8ba1e5
  4. #9aade8
  5. #a8b9eb
  6. #b7c5ef
  7. #c5d0f2
  8. #d4dcf5
  9. #e2e8f8
  10. #f1f3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6e8ade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6e8ade
  2. #7089d5
  3. #7288cb
  4. #7387c2
  5. #7586b8
  6. #7785af
  7. #7984a6
  8. #7b839c
  9. #7c8293
  10. #7e8189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #828cb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6993e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d89dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3c9ca9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b8fe0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6489dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5595c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6e8ade {
  color: #6e8ade;
}
Background
.bg-6e8ade {
  background-color: #6e8ade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6e8ade {
  border: 2px solid #6e8ade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6e8ade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 138 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 63% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6e8ade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6e8ade, #8a6ede);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6e8ade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 138 222 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.97 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.31 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.82 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.80 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.27 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.30 #917521 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6e8ade  rgb(110, 138, 222)  hsl(225, 63%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#dec26e  rgb(222, 194, 110)  hsl(45, 63%, 65%)  Vegas Gold
#de6e8a  rgb(222, 110, 138)  hsl(345, 63%, 65%)  Pale Violet Red
#8ade6e  rgb(138, 222, 110)  hsl(105, 63%, 65%)  Pastel Green